# Barkalu Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Barkalu

Barkalu is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,049 people in 243 households**, the 75th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,049people (2011)
- 243households
- 95.2%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkalu

Of every 100 households in Barkalu in 2011, 66 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barkalu · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**45%

Television ****42%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Barkalu?

■ Barkalu · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.2%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**972

Working population ****40.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.5% for men and 91.7% for women. 67% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (23%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 138 (32%) · **■** Marginal 73 (17%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Tamluk

- Ajangechhya1,227 people
- Asudapaikbar1,188 people
- Hirapur1,123 people
- Srirampur1,078 people
- Narsingkalua1,048 people
- Damodarpur987 people
- Barmirjapur950 people
- Melahait906 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkalu?1,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkalu in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Barkalu?95.2% (Census 2011)